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I G. MORLOTQ Machine for Washing and Beating Skeins or Hanks.

N' 222,363." Patented Dec. 9,1879.

INVENTOR myww N.PETE(S, PHOTO-LITHDGRAPHER. wAsmNGTQN, D c

i inked/ ENT lNlMhClllNES FORI.

iPassaic{and ;State nd-mating Silk, ac, in:

v following is a specificatio ame, takenjthrough the b i-E glqfiis a cross-section of-thesame, taken hrough thetlinegryyFig. 2. "Fig. 4 is a detail nductionpipe. p

Similan letters of re ren'c pondingparts. i Theobjectof this inven'tionis to furnish an improved machine ibrwashingand beating f-silk and other threads and yarns when in the skein, which shall be simplellin construction thethread v v The invention consists in the combination a f the levers, the balancing-weights, the clamp -wbeater=boards with therock shaft, theframe, and the box ortrough ,1 and .in the combination of thetwo parallel'pivoted bars, the connectng-rod,the cord, chain;or;strap, and the double icam-pulleywith, the connecting-rod and crankhaft, the rock -shaft,theweighted levers,-and he clampingand feed 'rollers, as hereinafter ull'ydescribed. v ".1 1

A represents theframe, in the lower part of hich is formed "a' shallow box or trough,B',

trough Bare extended 'up to s the top ofthe frame A. To the middle. parts of the ends of fone side of the frameA are pivoted the lower it ends of two upright bars,.O, to the upper ends of which are pivoted the ends of a connecting- [,rod, D; Toone of a the bars 0 is pivoted the fiendof a connecting-rod, E, the other end of which is pivoted to a crank orcrank-wheel at- \tached to the shaft F. To the shaft E is at-j =tached a pulley, G, to-receive thedriving-belt. Several machines may be driven from the i sameshaft F. a

y a To the upright bars 0, at a little distance E ATES PATENT OFF-r SKEINS 10R HAVNKSF 'Offla ord, chain, ,or. open belt, .711, ma s et orlmore turns a ouhde'a ilswrle sleyri at nv e a w d sea fulilmprovement in Machin sifor Washing pulleypat the endof itsshortestlr Skein :of Which-the:

FigureIisa top view oi 111116. 1; "Fig; 2 is a longitudinal section ofthe kenf line at a, Fi g1:

ide view ofvthe devicefor holdingthe skeins." 1g.5 saldetail. sectionalyiewiofjthewatery weights,L. L g In the lower parts of the weighted le j l. and convenient and effective-in use, TemOVl Ig all looseiiber's and foreignparticles, and fore ing thewater into and through all parts of ingv-rollers, and the hinged-and weighted v rock-shaft J. The pulley Q runs. loosefupong Q the shaft J, and with it is rigidly connected i ratchet-wheel,-R,intotheteeth of-whichfimShes i the pawlS, pivoted to the weighted leverKf Q 's'olthat the oscillations of the levers lKjmayjp turn the upper roller M and feed theskeinsQ jJ N forward, squeezing out the waterandcans 1120 receive the water; The ends of the hoxor.

ll' lrjllppef fell ds, ataaaa Leann-pulley, 1, I an d is attached to:

of-a roch-shaft,;J, in such a positiontha t the, said: shaft maymove faster as it approaches each 'endof its stroke. The rock-shaftJworks f S inbearings in the centers of the top sidebars-Q I of the frame A,and'to it, within the said-frame, are attached the middle parts of two levers,

K, to the u pper ends of which are attached two vers Kare mounted the journals of two parallel "rubber rollers, M, at such-a distance" Y apart as to clamp the skeins N betweentheni and squeeze out the water. The journals of the lower roller M revolve in notches in the weightedlever K, where they are secjuredjin "place by pins, so that the said roller M can be readily detached for putting on andItaking off: I the said skeins N. To the projecting'end of i .one of the journals of the upper roller j M attached a ,small pulley, O, aroundyjwhich V )passes'an endless band, P, which alsolpas'ses around .a small pulley, Q, placed upo'rii tliefii f i ingtoa vat or other water-supply.

With a hole in the side of the shaft J is com I nected the upper end of a pipe, V, whichpasses down along the outer side of the weighted'le ver-bar K, is bent inward at right angles, and extends to or nearly to the other weighted lever K. The horizontal arm of the pipe V is thus'pa-rallel with, and at a little distance be low, thelower rollerM, so thatit passes through the skeins N, and is perforated with numerous small holes, so as to discharge the water in numerous fine streams or jets into and through the threads. To the upper corners of the frame A are hinged the outer corners of two boards, W, which are supported in a slightly-inclined position by stops X attached to them, and which engage with the top side bars of the frame A.

Y are weights secured adjustably to the said boards, so that they may be moved out and in as may be required. With this construetion, as the weighted lever K is oscillated the skeins N are struck again st the lower sides of the beater-boards W with a movement very similar to handbeating, and between the strokes are swept through the water in the trough or box B, and at the same time are constantly exposed to the jets of water from the perforated pipe V, and are constantly having the water squeezed into and through and outof them by the action of the rollers M, so that they will bethoronghlvwashed, beaten, and cleaned in a very short time.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent-- 1. The combination of: the levers K, the hal ancing-weights L, the clamping-rollers M, and; t i the hinged and weighted beater-boards W with the rock-shaft J, the frame A, and the box or trough B, substantially as herein shown and described- 2. The combination fithejtwo parallel pivoted bars 0, the connecting-rod D, the cord," chain, or strap H, and ;theidouble camepulley rod and i crank shaft levers ;K, ;,'and. the

I with the eonnectin E F, the rock-shaft rollers M, substantially S h eI'elI l Sh QWIJ. and;

described. 

